Lake Alexandra

David and Sheila picked us up from the caravan park and we went and had coffee in a little cafe around the corner. Was really nice to catch up again before we left.

Then finish packing up and off we went to battle the Sydney traffic again. We got through without too much stress, but boy are we glad to be over that!

David had suggested that we spend a couple nights in the Southern Highlands around Bowral and since we have never stopped there, we decided to try it. Not a lot of caravan parks in the area... Moss Vale did not get good reviews; and the showgrounds there are currently closed because they are too wet. There were mixed reviews on the park at Mittagong, so we thought we would call in and see what it was like.

It was only a little over an hour drive to get there, and the park looks good. It is only 11am and we go in the office and they only have one site left which is small and hard to get in to. They usually keep it for small motor homes. They said to go and look at it first. It is small and not a lot of room to manoeuvre but we think we can fit. They then said to try getting our van in and make sure it is OK before booking in. So we did! Slow and steady, but first try, and the van is in. Almost touching the fence at the back and the site slopes forward, so needed to use a combination of the jack and the jockey wheel to get level but all is good.

Then off to find lunch. Mittagong is much bigger than we thought with many shops including Aldi, BCF, Bunnings etc. We found a cafe in the main street and the staff were wonderful and lunch was delicious and plentiful...

A visit to Super Cheap Auto, and we now have wheel chocks and another power lead.

Then a stop at the local hand craft shop which has a huge range. Liz wandered around trying to be inspired about a project for her to do on the trip. With some help from the lady owner, she chose some sort of sewing, tapestry, stitching thing.

Back home to put the heater on, have showers and a light dinner.Read more